When David Jones went on The Ed Sullivan Show to promote Oliver! with others in the cast, he saw up close one of the seismic cultural events of the century. He saw The Beatles debut on American television. It changed the young Artful Dodger's life as it showed him what he wanted to be a part of: his own Beatles-like experience. That's for another time.
The Beatles released their second album in the UK, With The Beatles, in 1963 on Parlophone Records. (Here's their first.)
Note: In the first half of 1964, North American labels caught on to the "trend" and started releasing the existing Beatles material in their respective markets -- restructuring the UK albums with the non-album singles. I'm including those albums in the discography but focusing the blog stops on the UK lineage even though Meet the Beatles! and The Beatles' Second Album are seminal albums in US music history.
Here is the discography surrounding The Beatles's second album:
With The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand (1963 single)
Introducing... The Beatles (1964 US album)
Meet The Beatles! (1964 US album)
Twist and Shout (1964 Canadian album)
All My Loving (1964 EP)
Souvenir of Their Visit to America (1964 EP)
The Beatles' Second Album (1964 US album)
The Beatles' First (1964 compilation album)
Four by The Beatles (1964 EP)
The Beatles' Long Tall Sally (1964 Canadian album)
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles (on The Ed Sullivan Show)
"Till There Was You" by The Beatles (at Royal Albert Hall)
"Roll Over Beethoven" by The Beatles
Pass the Headphones!!
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